How to build a 1959 Gibson Les Paul

* A closer look : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIlULMB4jRU&watch_response

Woo 20,000 views! Thanks for all your views and positive feedback

This is my homemade replica of a Gibson Les Paul '59 Flame top.

It took around 3 weeks to make and it cost around $700AU to make (including wood, hardware, paint, strings, etc...)

Our replica sounds just like a real Gibson Les Paul.

The guitar now has a black pickguard on and we have written "les paul" in the same style as an original on the head... it looks much better.

The plans used to make the template was from
www.stewmac.com

The body and neck is made of Honduras Mahogany.
The archtop (face) of the guitar is made of Birds-eye Maple.
A thin layer of ebony was attached to the Head.

Paint and Varnish:

The laquer used was "Rustin's Plastic Coating" from the UK. (see their website)
With this laquer, it is possible to biuld up many layers in a short space of time and it can be polished to a very high quality finish.

The paint job was acheived by adding various coloured dyes to the varnish and spraying different coloured layers onto the guitar.
Instead of rubbing tung oil onto the fretboard, we used orange oil as it was avaliable and it smells better.

Hardware:

Vintage Humbucker Pickups
ABR-1 Tune-o-matic Bridge
Grover vintage tuners



Thanks to:

Stewart Macdonald Guitar Supplies
- Plans and Hardware

tyga32
- Honduras Mahogany block

CKOAuctions
- Neck


Built by Sam & Ged Blackman

Song: "Knocking on Heavens Door" by Guns N' Roses

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[thecleaner084]

you sir, are a fucking legend

[R3yK1d]

well it's well done but there is 1 thing missing

it doesn't say Gibson

[gerby90]

@zedchuva go back n time and buy it for $250..

[gerby90]

@pattymorediaz a real '59 standard? that is insane, if it were true, but i dont believe you lol

[theotherbigbrother]

EXCELLENT JOB: Can you order those templates at gibson?

[pakiw2]

guns'n'roses version of "knockin on heavens door" sucks

[bluemask32]

WOW, I work with wood and thats a realy nice job. Well done, plus I love gibsons! The grain in your Maple is beautiful! Just fantastic, its great to see people who still love using their hands to turn wood into something like a gibson! just fantastic! viewer in Ireland.

[WaHaHaHaHa5727]

Hi man, awesome job dude, really really cool. Looking to try my hand at guitar making myself. Do you think you could spare the time to list the tools necessary? Thanks very much

[acledfloyd]

Step one, go back in time to 1959.

[Rockoguy]

this takes some real fucking talent haha awesome job man love the music :P